We check in with people at each stage of the cash transfer process to see how things are going. Take a look at some of their stories as they appear here in real-time.
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How is your life different than it would have been if you never received the transfer?
Things have been taught for me over the years. So when I received my transfer, I decided to purchase motorbike for commercial purpose. I believe this will serve as a source of income for me and my family. This will also enable me to pay my children school fees as well.
In your opinion, what does GiveDirectly do well, and what does it not do well?
Givedirectly has done well by giving us cash to improve our lives. It is through Givedirectly that I will own a motorbike
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
I used my recent transfer to make part payment for the motorbike.
2nd Payment
Transfer Amount
42500 LRD ($276 USD)
access_time 2 years ago
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How is your life different than it would have been if you never received the transfer?
My new goals after receiving the cash transfer is to plaster our house we lived in, and then build another house.
In your opinion, what does GiveDirectly do well, and what does it not do well?
Give Directly assist people in improving their lives by giving them unconditional cash, but they don't receive gifts from us.
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
I bought four bags of cement and four packs of nails to continue the plastering of our house, and then started buying materials for the next house project.
Initial Payment
Transfer Amount
40375 LRD ($265 USD)
access_time 2 years ago
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Describe the moment when you received your money. How did you feel?
I felt shocked at first glance. I had never held this sum of money before this. As I heard the jubilation from everyone, I hurriedly opened my phone to check and there was mine. It was a moment of extreme happiness for me.
Describe the biggest difference in your daily life since you started receiving payments from GiveDirectly.
I simply longer live in a thatch house and more to that, i will now have two houses to my name. That's a big difference. I already have a farmer and i intend to extend it with my transfers, employ people to cultivate cocoa on one acre of farm land. From being unemployed, I'm now and employer and owner of two houses. I'm blessed.
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
First of all, I bought zinc to roof my old house doors and windows of modern standard and cement to plaster the floor. I intend to erect a new and better structure, a project for which I've already started buying materials.
Enrolled
access_time over 2 years ago
What does receiving this money mean to you?
"I been struggling to pay send my two first children who graduated from high school to collage,if am lucky to receive Give-Directly transfer I will send my tow boy to collage"
What is the happiest part of your day?
This Give-Directly news is the only news that make me happy.
What is the biggest hardship you've faced in your life?
My greatest challenge is that I have to always go in forest hunt or to make farm to send money to my children in pleebo and fish town to keep them in school.
